Cross references

Proverbs 8:5

O simple ones, learn to be shrewd;

O fools, gain understanding.

Proverbs 8:5 BSB
  1. a Or instruct your minds

Proverbs 8:5 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 1:22 (6 votes) and Proverbs 9:4 (3 votes). 29 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Job 5 to Revelation 3.

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Which verses does Proverbs 8:5 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. “How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?

  2. “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.

  3. Acts 26:183 votes

    to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’

  4. You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked. I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.

  5. Psalm 19:72 votes

    The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.

  6. To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young,

  7. Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. …

  8. Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?

  9. The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars in triumph over His enemies:

  10. “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost! Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods. …

Which verses point to Proverbs 8:5?

The 10 strongest of 29.